Chapter 2032: Delivering Grain in Advance
After sitting on the kang for half an hour, Lu Xiaoxiao felt that her hands and feet had regained sensation, so she moved the kang table aside and lay down on the kang.
It’s comfortable, so comfortable. If lying down for a long time wasn’t bad for one’s health, I would definitely lie on the kang for the whole winter.
"Squeak... pull... bang bang, pay attention, everyone, I have something to inform you of.
I just received a message from my superiors saying that it will snow heavily in a few days, so they asked us to hand over the food in advance.
This afternoon all male laborers gathered at the warehouse to help load the grain to be handed in.
I repeat, I just... "
After hearing what came out of the loudspeaker, Lu Xiaoxiao understood what was going on. But was the grain delivered this year the same as last year? Lu Xiaoxiao was particularly curious.
So she planned to go and have a look in the afternoon.
After lunch, Lu Xiaoxiao took out the big cotton-padded jacket she wore last winter from the space and put it on. Then she went out and walked towards the threshing ground.
When she arrived at the threshing ground, she found a lot of people gathered there. It seemed that she was not the only one who was curious about how much grain she had to pay this year.
"Captain, are we handing in the same amount of grain this year as last year?" an old man asked the captain.
"yes."
"Isn't production reduced this year? Why do we have to pay so much?"
"That's what the higher-ups told me. I didn't know."
"Hey, after paying the grain, there is not enough grain in the village to share. What should we do now?"
After hearing the old man's words, the people in the threshing ground fell silent, because they felt the same helplessness and confusion about the future as the old man.
"Okay, don't be so discouraged. The higher-ups said that our production this year has decreased, so they will give us relief grain, so you don't have to worry about having no food to eat."
The people in the threshing ground didn't feel happy at all after hearing the captain's words, because compared with the food they handed in, the relief food was pitifully little, not even enough for their family to eat for a month. How could they be happy?
When Lu Xiaoxiao looked at everyone's sad, lost and confused expressions, she felt really bad, but she couldn't help them. It was not that she was selfish, but the current environment was like this, so everything had to be left to nature.
"Okay, now is not the time to be sad. Let's get to work quickly. We have to hand in the grain early tomorrow morning. There is no time to waste." The captain said to the people in the threshing ground.
After hearing the captain's words, the people in the threshing ground started to work. Although they were reluctant to hand over the grain, they knew that no matter how reluctant they were, the grain would have to be handed over in the end, so they could only bear the pain and pack the grain into bags and hand it over.
When the captain saw everyone start to work, he walked to Lu Xiaoxiao and said to her, "Xiaoxiao, I have something to talk to you about. Can you come with me to a place where there is no one?"
After hearing the captain's words, Lu Xiaoxiao nodded, and then followed the captain to a deserted place.
When the captain stopped, she asked him, "Captain, what do you want from me?"
"Xiaoxiao, do you still remember the incident of selling maltose?"
"Remember."
"I came to you today to ask you to help me buy food with the money from selling maltose. You know it's too difficult for us to buy food with money, so I want you to help me buy food."
(End of this chapter)
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